Results of the year 2021: TOP-6 events in pop culture that everyone was talking about

Speaking about the results of the year 2021, I would like to recall the most discussed events in the world of culture. It is unlikely that something brighter will happen in the next 2 days, so we boldly draw a line.

Scandalous Meghan & Harry interview, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunion #Free Britney, sequel to “Sex and the City” and many others are heard to this day. Let’s take a closer look at them.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah

Perhaps the most scandalous interview in the past few years, which made a lot of noise in the world, forcing the royal family to lose more than one nerve cell. At one time in the royal family, only princess Dianathat gave interview with Martin Bashir in 1992… In it, she said that in her marriage to Prince Charles “there were three of us” and showed many other “skeletons”. Since that time, the Queen has forbidden any member of the family to “take quarrels in public.” But freedom-loving Meghan Markle, who did not want to dance to anyone’s tune, with the light hand of which the ties with the kingdom were broken, said such that the world first flew into a rage, and then began to criticize the newlyweds. The topic of racism in a monastic family especially angered the society. After all, a certain newly-made relative of Megan was painfully worried about whether Megan and Harry’s child would be born black. All in all, the special edition had absolutely everything: a master class from the Queen of Oprah’s interviews, an exposure of the British monarchy and two hours of truly immersive television that attracted 17 million viewers.

Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry / Photo: Screenshot from YouTube

My Attempt # 2: Bennifer Again

2021 was a year of expression of feelings. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s longtime romance has flared up again, almost 20 years later. And then, in the snowball mode, more and more celebrities declared their feelings to the world without fear of condemnation: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly Kelly and Megan Fox. We hope this time this relationship will result in a logical continuation in the form of at least a wedding. So you want something beautiful in the new year!

#FreeBritney or, We did it

The rage of Britney fans knew no bounds. For 13 years, her father took care of her, and the further into the forest, the more terrifying details we learned about the singer’s slavery, there is no other word for it. In 2021, the #FreeBritney movement finally received the publicity it deserved. The report back began when Spears broke an already crying silence in June and claimed in a high-profile legal action that custody controls her life from a to z: work, finances, and even reproductive rights.

The New York Times documentary “Shackles for Britney Spears” was filmed 20 years after Spears’ rise to fame… In it we saw a new truth, a history of pop processes that no longer seemed so one-sided. A vision of sexualizing, manipulating, and belittling Britney in the early 2000s emerged – a lopsided reflection of modern society and how it still treats young female artists. And, no matter how painful it was from just the thought that she had to endure – custody of Britney Spears was officially lifted in November.

Mental Health: Simone Biles and Naomi Osaki

The award-winning American gymnast drew world’s attention to her person in July 2021 by refusing to participate in the all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics.… She is one of more than 150 women and girls who have been sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar, but the US Gymnastics Federation has yet to reach an agreement with the victims.

With everything that has happened this year, I’m not at all surprised how it ended.

Biles declared.

And in May 2021 tennis player Naomi Osaka, the winner of the Grand Slam tournament also made a very important step – refused to participate in the French Open tennis after the organizers rejected her request to cancel the press conference after the match… The girl told subscribers on social networks that she experienced anxiety attacks during interviews with the tennis press and battled depression after the 2018 US Open.

Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics, 2021 / Photo: Vogue

Biles and Osaka’s decision to protect their mental health is an important lesson for each of us.

After all, we are people too, and we need to take care of our mental health, and not just go and do what the world requires of us.

Biles said.

Resonance “Squid Games”

This has never happened before in Netflix, despite the fact that, objectively, it is difficult to call “The Squid Game” their most luxurious product. But from the very first shots, the drama became a pop cultural phenomenon. Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game was inspired by personal socio-economic issues. And since the quick-money topic has been around the world since the Neolithic, the series quickly rose to # 1 on Netflix’s rankings and became not only the most popular in the platform’s history, but also the first Korean show to achieve such success.

Variety’s Hwang shared:

The Squid Game has become a great (terrifying) entertainment that has managed to hurt the audience at a time of global economic instability. I wanted to create a story that would be an allegory … about modern capitalist society, something that would convey this fierce competition.

Let there be Sex and the City!

The cult series of decades returned to our screens this year after a rather controversial season in 2004. People couldn’t say goodbye to their heroes in any way. And so HBO’s sequel Max “And Just Like That …” was released on December 9 and again had a “boom” effect. At first, everyone cried over the unexpected death of Mr. Big, then rejoiced at this event in connection with a series of accusations of Chris Noth of sexual harassment. In general, it worked out perfectly. Let’s see what will happen next.

Also, let’s remember who the fashion industry lost in 2021.